Spool-holder.



No. 634,000. Patented Oct. 3, 1399.

III. C. HBUHAS.

SPOOL HOLDER.

Application filed June 30, 1699.

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No. 634,000; Paten te d Oct. 3, I899.

M. G. HROMAS.

SPODL HOLDER. Application filed June ab, was.

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MARY C. HROMAS, OF WESTON, NEBRASKA.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,000, dated October 3, 1899. Application filed June 30, 1899. Serial No. 722,458. (No model.)

This invention relates to spool-holders, and

has for its object to provide such device with means for supporting spools of different sizes ijustable means for supporting the larger spools is preferably provided upon the lower and also to provide improved means for sup porting the holder upon a wall or other upright surface.

To these ends the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described,shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the present invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1' is a perspective view of aspool-holder constructed and mounted in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a detail longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlargeddetail perspective view of the adjustable spool-holding means. Fig. 4 is a sectional view thereof, taken on the line was of Fig. 3. detail perspective view of the supportingbracket for the spool-holder.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are designated by like char actors of reference.

Referring to the drawings, the spool-holder comprises a base 1, having an upright stand-' ard 2, which is provided with a reduced stem or shank 3, thereby'forming an annular stopshoulder at the upper end of the standard 2. Fitted loosely to the reduced stem or shank 3 is a sleeve 5, which is adapted to turn axially upon the stem 3 and rest upon the annular stop-shoulder 4:. This sleeve is provided with a vertical series of spool supporting brackets comprising radial arms 6 and peripheral bands or flanges 7, embracing the outer ends of the respective radial arms, and provided with upright pins 8 and 9, adapted to receive the spools and hold the latter upon the re- Fig. 5 is a.

spective bands 7. The upnerend of the sleeve 5 is provided with a'suitable pincushion 10.

In view of the foregoing description of the construction and arrangement of the parts of the spool-holder it will be understood that the spools are adapted to be carried by the brackets, which may be turned axially upon the device so as to have access to any of the spools.

As shown in Fig. l of the drawings, the ad bracket only, which is illustrated in detail in Figs. 3 and 4. The spool-holding pins 8 are fixed to the brackets 7, and pivoted to each of these pins is an arcuate arm 11, which car-.

ries one of the adjacent pins 9 at the opposite free end thereof, and said arm normally rests fiat upon the top of the body. The relatively-fixed end of each arcuate arm is provided with an opening 12, receiving the pin 8 and pivoting said arm thereto, and the pin is provided with an annular shoulder 13,which rests upon the upper surface of the arm and prevents the latter from tilting or sagging when the arm is swung outward beyond the edge of the bracket. the alternate pins as pivots for the adj ustable arms and the other intermediate pins It is preferable to have The means forsupporting the spool-holder upon a wall or other upright surface comprises an attaching-bracket, as best shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, and is formed from a single length of wire bent intermediate of its ends to provide the substantially parallel members 14, which form the attaching-base of the bracket. The upper and lower ends of these base members 14: are bent laterally in the same direction to provide the upper and'lower arms 15 and 16, respectively. At the outer end of the lower arm 16 there is provided an enlarged base 17, which is pref crably formed by enlarging the original bend of the wire into substantially circular form. The outer free ends of the upper arm 15 are bowed laterally in opposite directions, so as to provide the opposite spring-jaws 18, having a suitable opening provided therebetween. The extremity 19 of each jaw 18 is flared laterally outward, so as to provide a comparatively wide entrance into the opening formed between the jaws, so as to facilitate the engagement of the latter with the standard of the spool-holder. To rigidly connect the wire members forming the upper arm 15, there is provided a band or sleeve 20, tightly embracing the members of said arm near the inner end thereof adjacent to its connection with the base 14. The members forming the attaching-base are held together by means of a pair of bands or sleeves 21,.

which tightly embrace said members near the respective upper and lower ends thereof. Each of these sleeves is provided with a tran sverse opening 22, which is located between the spaced wires forming the base and are adapted to receive suitable fastenings, as shown in Fig. 1, whereby the bracket may be connected to a wall or other support.

To support the spool holder upon the bracket, it is simply necessary to place the base 1 upon the base 17 of the lower arm of the attaching-bracket and engage the standard 2 laterallybetwccn the jaws 18 of the upper arm 15. It will be understood that the opening between the jaws 18 is alined vertically above the center of the base 17, so that the spool-holder will be held in its proper upright position. Furthermore,thespring-jaws are adapted to engage the standard at a point below the revoluble sleeve 5, so that the latter is free to be moved when desired. Thus it will be seen that the spool-holder may be readily mounted upon the bracket and may also be readily detached.

WVha-t I claim is The combination with a spool-l10lder having upper and lower spool-supporting brackets, provided with fixed spool-holding pins, of arms pivoted to the pins of some of the brackets, and provided at their free ends with fixed spool-holding pins, said arms being normally folded upon the brackets, and capable of being swung outward to dispose the fixed pins thereof beyond the adjacent upper bracket,

substantially in the manner shown and de scribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARY O. IIROMAS.

Witnesses:

J. L. REEDER, D. A. MARCH. 

